The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a proposed rule that would modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule by allowing health care providers to make certain disclosures to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The NICS aims to keep guns from being sold to those
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Medcare Physican Fee Schedule SGR Cut Punted For 2 Months
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Medicare pay cut averted; Congress OKs
two-month patch
Physicians got a brief reprieve from a 27 percent Medicare pay cut Friday when the U.S. House of Representatives reached agreement with the Senate on a two-month extension of important policies that expire on Jan. 1.
The U.S. Senate last week voted to extend current Medicare …
CMS Releases 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule With 27.4% Decrease
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CMS ANNOUNCES POLICY, PAYMENT RATE CHANGES FOR THE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE IN 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued a final rule with comment period that updates payment policies and rates for physicians and nonphysician practitioners (NPPs) for services paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) in calendar year (CY)
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Congress Passes Medicare Physician Fee Schedule One Year Extension
By Michael Cassidy on
Posted in Medicare & Reimbursement
Congress approves Medicare physician payment fix
The House of Representatives passed legislation this morning that averts a 24.9 percent Medicare payment cut to physicians that was scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1. The measure passed the Senate Wednesday evening by unanimous consent. To pay for the legislation, the bill changes policy regarding overpayments…
Senate Passes One Year Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Fix
By Michael Cassidy on
Posted in Medicare & Reimbursement
MGMA reported today:
Senate passes a 1-year Medicare physician payment patch; House to act next
The Senate passed today by unanimous consent legislation preventing a 24.9 percent cut in Medicare physician payments. The Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010 (H.R. 4944) extends the current Medicare payment rates through Dec. 31, 2011. This one-year…
President Signs Physician Payment and Therapy Relief Act of 2010
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Posted in Medicare & Reimbursement
Pres. Obama signed the Physician Payment and Therapy relief Act of 2010. This act extends the temporary 2.2 % medicare Physician Fee Schedule increase, which replaced the projected 23% SGR decrease for 2010, but only for one more month.
Senate Postpones 23% SGR Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Cut One Month
By Michael Cassidy on
Posted in Medicare & Reimbursement
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Senate Acts to Avert Medicare Physician Fee Cut On November 18, 2010, the Senate approved a bill that would postpone the scheduled 23% Medicare physician payment cut scheduled to take effect on December 1, 2010, for one month. If approved by the House of Representatives and signed into law |
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AMA Releases Guidance On Medicare Physician Fee Decrease
By Michael Cassidy on
Posted in Medicare & Reimbursement
CMS will process claims tomorrow, June 18,
with 21 percent cut
As the clock continues to tick toward the June 18 final deadline for implementation of the 21.3 percent cut in Medicare physician payments produced by the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, U.S. Senate debate continued June 17 over H.R. 4213, the American Jobs and …
2009 Physician Enrollment Changes for Medicare Eliminates Retroactive Billing
By Michael Cassidy on
Posted in Medicare & Reimbursement
The 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule made some changes regarding physician enrollment. The most significant change is the elimination of retroactive billing. Prior to the 2009 changes, Medicare permitted retroactive billing for up to 27 months following the effective date of a physician’s Medicare enrollment, to allow physicians to bill for services that they provided while the…